Saint Pius X High School - Chi Rho Yearbook (Piscataway, NJ)

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l.earning - Family The very besT deTiniTion Tor The Home Economics deparTmenT is con- Tained in Those Two words, home and economy, Mrs. ChrisTensen, deparTmenT chairman, seeks To pre- pare The sTudenTs To be able To live independenTly in The world by giving Them a well-rounded exposure To The home Through courses in cooking, cloThing, and child care. A new course, enTiTled Family and Child, brings six Tour-year-olds inTo The school, where They are cared Tor by six senior girls in a nursery school Type siTuaTion. Economy is TaughT in STyle The cooking classes where sTudenTs learn The use oT a recipe as a basis Tor creaTing variaTions oT The recipe by changing iTs ingredienTs and where They decide wheTher prepared mixes or Toods Trom scraTch are smarTer budgeT-wise. Economy is exercised in The size oT classes, also. Classes are limiTed To a maximum oT Ten sTudenTs, and ThaT TacT, along wiTh The TacT ThaT sTu- denTs raTe Themselves, aTTords a greaT deal oT individualiTy in The deparTmenT. Home Economics deparTmenT chairman Mrs. Mar- gareT ChrisTensen gives some advice on housekeep- ing lTOPl. A saluTe To The Tlag announces The beginning oT anoTher Family and Child class IABOVE, LEFTJ. Threading The machine is noT such an easy underTaking Tor Linda Machinski TABOVET. Lisa Hudson Teaches The Tiner poinTs oT shaping Play-Dah To Kerry May TLEFTJ. Reading is Tunda- menTal - buT There's also some wriTTen work involved lOP. PAGE, TOPJ. A smile is The answer given by Reading DeparTrnenT chairman Mrs. Mary Racek TOP. PAGE, MIDDLEJ.

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JeTT Opper Talces a broad iump while working ouT Tor ROTC TTOP, LEFTJ. Peggy Fallon shows ThaT girls can do iT, Too ITOP, CENTERT. IT looks so easy as Chris Coyne demonsTraTes how iT is done TTOP, RIGHTJ. The new cadeTs, Jose Gonzalez. Derrick RoundTree, and Rudy Wankow, lisTen inTenTly To The insTrucTions oT Colonel Saul TABOVET. Colonel Saul seems pleased wiTh The way The ROTC program is shaping up TOP. PAGE. TOP LEFTT. LT. Colonel David Willcens gives a speech during The ROTC's BirThday CelebraTion IOP. PAGE, BOT' TOMT. Marlc Sender, Marilyn Mills, John Fischer and Gina Belslcy are pracTicing drill TormaTion TOP. PAGE. TOP RIGT-TTI. lmplemenTed in all school acTiviTies have been The leadership qualiTies iniTiaTed by mosT members OT The ROTC program. The cadeTs have learned direcTives OT acTuaI miliTary liTe and have gained selT-respecT and conTidence. CadeTs have The opporTuniTy To aTTain The rank OT lieuTenanT colonel, whereas They previously sTrived To aTTain The posiTion oT capTain. The program in The Marine Corps Junior ROTC has been expanded To IO9 members, Torming Two baTTalions. CadeT LieuTenanT Colonel David Willcens has commanded The uniT under The supervision OT LieuTenanT Colonel Jacque Saul. STrong parTicipaTion has been demonsTraTed by Temale members, and Their acTiviTies have shown lead- ership, responsibiliTy, and paTrioTism. The ROTC's presence aT home TooTball games, parades, assemblies and oTher imporTanT meeTings has shown dedicaTion and willingness To devoTe Time and energy To serve school.